Impulse Control

Improve Impulse Control with Working Memory Training

Impulse control and working memory, our ability to hold and maintain conscious thoughts, are intrinsically linked¹. When we overstretch our working memory we adversely affect our impulse control. With training we can strengthen our working memory, improve our will power, and increase impulse control.

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Impulse Control | The Science

A recent study by scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands² demonstrated that working memory training helped people improve impulse control and reduce drinking by about 30%. The researchers showed that working memory training worked by strengthening the participants' control over their unconscious impulses to drink.

Led by Katrijn Houben the scientists identified people with impulse control problems related to excessive alcohol consumption. After a one month course of working memory training participants had reduced their drinking from an average of around 35 units of alcohol per week down toaround 25 units; for a control group there was no change.

A growing body of ndependent research studies connects spatial working memory and impulse control or OCD (e.g., Neuropsychological Deficits in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder, U. Mel. 1998). MindSparke trainees report that training with Brain Fitness Pro IC helps greatly to remedy OCD.

Impulse Control | Working Memory Exercises

Demanding working memory training encourages the growth of new brain cells. In a landmark study, researchers from the Universities of Michigan and Bern investigated whether they could increase intellectual ability with a demanding working memory program. The researchers showed that a month of brain training using the "dual n-back" working memory protocol increased concentration and attention span by more than forty percent.

Working memory training is a highly effective method by which to increase concentration and attention span and reduce drinking. MindSparke focuses on working memory training exclusively.

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